X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <462B7BBF.6030300@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:14:07 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070308 Fedora/1.5.0.10-2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: libusb-win32 auto-install? References: <20070422142332 DOT GN7781 AT interface DOT famille DOT thibault DOT fr> In-Reply-To: <20070422142332.GN7781@interface.famille.thibault.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hi, > > Installing my libusb-win32 package doesn't automatically install the USB > driver, the user has to run /usr/sbin/libusb-install. I preferred to go > this way for safety. > > However, some user reported that it would be better that the > installation is automatically performed (since if one installs > libusb-win32, that's most probably for using it). What do people think > about it? I think there's a precedence for separating an install from the configuration. This is done for other packages, like openssh, cron, etc. A good reason for this division is to allow for user input during the configuration step, which "setup.exe" doesn't have support for. If running your libusb-install is more like a configuration step, I'd say leave it as is (though maybe change the name to indicate it's a configuration script instead). I might also encourage leaving things as is if the running of the script requires a reboot to take affect. Depending on your what your safety concerns are, that might be another good reason to leave things as is. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/